Conjoined Twins

Kapoor, Mridula; Sachdev, Neerja; Agrawal, Monica

doi:10.1007/s13224-012-0138-8

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“…Proper Consultation with a paediatric surgeon facilitates parental decision making regarding actual scenario. 10 Successful surgical separation of conjoined twin is a complicated procedure, which is only possible when twin does not share the vital organ. Literature reveals that in one of the study of 14 cases of prenatally diagnosed conjoint twins, 28% died in utero, 54% immediately after birth, and only 18% survived out of which 50% died postoperatively.…”

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Dicephalus parapagus conjoined twin: a rare case with review of literature

Gothwal

Sharma

Yadav

et al. 2018

Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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Conjoined twin is a rare complication seen in 1% of monochorionic twins and associated with severe morbidity and mortality. It occurs due to a division event at the primitive streak stage of the human embryonic development at about 13-14 days after fertilisation, in monochorionic monoamniotic gestations. Early prenatal diagnosis of conjoined twin plays a very crucial role in the management and allows appropriate and timely counselling of couple regarding the different modes of management like early termination of pregnancy or continuation of pregnancy with post-natal surgery. Late diagnoses present with difficult options for parents and obstetrician too. Ultrasound plays a very crucial role in diagnosis of conjoined twin. We are reporting a case of 27 years old primigravida referred to our institute at 13 weeks of gestation with ultra-sonographic diagnosis of dicephalus parapagus conjoined twin and further confirmed after termination of pregnancy.

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Dicephalus parapagus conjoined twin: a rare case with review of literature

Gothwal

Sharma

Yadav

et al. 2018

Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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“…As mentioned above, CTs are monochorionic monoamniotic in all and caused by a lack in the division of the embryo plate at the 13-17th days of fertilization. 10 TCP is a seldom entity but early diagnosis is possible during perinatal follow-up. First trimester diagnosis of TCP may be provided by high-resolution transvaginal transducer ultrasound.…”

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A rare case of cephalothoracopagus janiceps conjoined twins

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Yılmaz-Semerci S, Güzelbey T, Kurnaz D, Kalkan Ş, Çetinkaya M. A rare case of cephalothoracopagus janiceps conjoined twins. Turk J Pediatr 2018; 60: 751-754.Conjoined twins represent a rare phenomenon of a monochorionic monoamniotic twin. Five types of conjoined twins have been described and thoracocephalopagus was reported to be seen with an incidence of 1 in 3 million. The etiology has not been elucidated yet. Therefore, more data is required to understand this entity better. Herein, we report a case of thoracocephalopagus.

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“…But as in our case they share the same heart, separation of conjoined twins is complicated procedure requiring a multidisciplinary approach and the prognosis is poor as usually predetermined by the underlying anatomy. Consultation with a pediatric surgeon often facilitates parental decision making ( 12 ). In our country, there is no cases was reported for separation of conjoint twins, and this help parents for their decision of termination of pregnancy.…”

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Early Prenatal Diagnosis of Thoracopagus Twins by Ultrasound

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Introduction:Conjoined twins are identical twins joined in utero. It’s a rare phenomenon and present a unique challenge to obstetricians and pediatric surgeons. Conjoined twins are complex complication of monozygotic twinning, which is associated with high perinatal mortality.Case report:At our clinic complete anomaly scan was done, the patients was found to have monozygotic twins of 15 weeks gestation and carrying a conjoint twin. Our ultrasound revealed fully developed heads facing each other, joint at the thorax and sharing a common abdomen. These twins share a single heart with two atrium and two ventricle. They decide for termination of pregnancy after taken the opinion of religious people. Termination of pregnancy was performed by many methods and we chose to use cytotec tablets which inserted vaginally and the outcome was conjoint twin with two bodies fused from the upper thorax to lower belly. Both fetuses are female and died immediately after termination of pregnancy.

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Conjoined Twins

Cited by 5 publications

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Dicephalus parapagus conjoined twin: a rare case with review of literature

Dicephalus parapagus conjoined twin: a rare case with review of literature

A rare case of cephalothoracopagus janiceps conjoined twins

Early Prenatal Diagnosis of Thoracopagus Twins by Ultrasound

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